Old Crescent Rugby Football Club
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Old Crescent RFC is a senior rugby club based in Rosbrien, Limerick. We compete in AIL Division 2B South, we have 4 Senior Mens teams and 1 Senior Women’s team
Club Origins
In the mid 1940s Rev. J.G. Guinane S J. arrived to teach in Crescent College S.J. Limerick. A charismatic individual with a whiff of excitement about him, he had been in action during the war as a Chaplain with the Royal Ulster Rifles. He was passionate about the game of rugby and probably Old Crescent Rugby Football Club owes its existence to ”The Ginner“ as he came to be called. Taking over rugby training he set about winning the Munster Schools Cup and succeeded in 1947. He saw great potential in that winning team and persuaded them to stay and play together so in September of that year Old Crescent Rugby Football Club was founded and became a member club of the Munster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. In 1952 the club was promoted to senior club member of the Branch and the Ginner‘s formidable negotiating skills were more than useful in the process. Father Guinane remained deeply involved with the club until his death. The first President of the club was Ivan Harris father of the legendary Richard Harris, movie and stage star. .Richard started his adult rugby career with the club for a period after he finished at Crescent College (and appropriately Richard‘s big breakthrough as a film star was in 1963 playing the part of a rugby player in “This Sporting Life”). First club Captain was Paddy Berkery who in 1955 was capped as fullback for Ireland having moved to Dublin and joined Landsdowne
Membership of the club was initially confined to past pupils of Crescent College but it soon became apparent that this limited the club‘s growth and membership has been open to all applicants for many years. Contact is maintained with the school (now the Crescent College Comprehensive S.J.) where we are always willing to help promote rugby
28/09/2026
Full time score and it's a win for our seconds
28/09/2026
Our Seconds take on Thomond in the Munster Senior Clubs League tonight for Monday Night Lights!
Come down and support the lads!
27/09/2026
Unfortunately our Women's team couldn't get on the scoreboard today but it was a good run out in the Division 2 Cup against a strong and experienced Dungarvan side.
Great to have the women's team back up and running. On to the next match!
27/09/2026
Wishing our Women's team the very best of luck on their trip to Dungarvan today in their first competitive fixture since the rebirth of Women's rugby in Old Crescent!
Best of luck ladies!!
27/09/2026
Please note Underage Training is cancelled this morning due to the condition of the playing surfaces with the rain that fell during the night
When we win, we sing the Sloop John B
26/09/2026
All over here in Energia Park
26/09/2026
Reminder for those of you not travelling to Dublin for our match today, that we will be streaming the match live in the Clubhouse Bar.
The U16 Girls are playing a friendly v Clane RFC beforehand so get down and support the girls and then watch our 1sts play Bective!
And for those that cant make the trip or the clubhouse, the match will be streamed live on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KrLwmwY10A
26/09/2026
The day we've all been waiting for - the return of the
Our firsts will be in Donnybrook for their first round fixture today vs Bective Rangers with a kick off time of 2.30pm
Show the lads some support if you are in Dublin or making your way up to the game!
25/09/2026
Thanks to Shannon for the match this evening, great hosts. Fortunately for us we came away with the win and advance to the Semi-final of the McInerney Cup.
Wishing Shannon the very best of luck for the season ahead and we'll see you in Takumi Park in the Gleeson League
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Rosbrien
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